Elementary Programs Key Information
Grades: K–1 Length: 45 minutes Fee: $5.00 per student Limit: 30 students
Key Information
Grades: 1–2 Length: 45 minutes Fee: $5.00 per student Limit: 30 students
Index Card Challenge Students explore and experience the open-ended engineering design process as they work on building a stable structure to display a stuffed animal. They are challenged to design a structure using only index cards and tape. Before students brainstorm and draw sketches, they will develop an understanding of what shapes are good for building and how their structure will stay stable. The structure must be free standing and hold the stuffed animal for 10 seconds.
Light and Reflection Students will learn about light and reflection. After students explore and discover that light travels in a straight line, they will be challenged to try and bend the beam of light using the reflective properties of a mirror. Next, they will take what they learned about bending light and create a light path that has at least two bends. Finally, they will try to send a message through their light path by creating a flashing light pattern. 1-PS4-4.
Key Information
Grades: 1–2 Length: 1 hour Fee: $5.00 per student Limit: 30 students
Simple Machines Students will learn about incline planes and pulleys. As students experiment with spring scales and incline planes, they learn that an incline plane makes it easier to move an object. They will also construct a pulley to pull a toy car out of the “snow.” K-PS2-1 & K-PS2-2
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